BSc (Anrh) Cwnsela

This course is delivered at our University Centre (UCCL) at the Rhos-on-Sea campus, which provides degree-level students with bespoke teaching and learning facilities. The Centre is equipped with state-of-the-art lecture theatres, seminar rooms, specialist library resources, IT facilities and study areas.

Year 6 Modules:

Cognitive and Behavioural Approaches to Counselling
This module will introduce you to various different cognitive approaches to counselling and consider possible ways of safely and ethically integrating skills and techniques into your current work with clients. To facilitate your understanding and altering maladaptive thought patterns and behaviours, ultimately fostering improved mental health and well-being.

Final Year Project - Dissertation
This module builds upon previous academic skills introduced in earlier aspects of the degree and will support you in developing your research knowledge and skills. It prepares and supports you to undertake an extended piece of independent writing around a topic of your choice related to your area of professional practice supported by an experienced supervisor.

It will allow you to demonstrate depth and breadth of knowledge in a particular area of professional interest. The dissertation will be a mark of your overall academic ability. You will engage in primary or secondary research and be supervised and guided.

Integrating Theory and Skills
This module aims to explore approaches to integrating theory and skills in counselling, providing you with an understanding of the different ways of integrating enhanced counselling skills, such an integrative counselling, and eclectic approach. You will be encouraged to develop their theoretical approach to your counselling

Working with Trauma
This module provides you with the knowledge and skills to work therapeutically with clients who present with symptoms of psychological trauma. You will be introduced to a number of evidence based interventions and techniques to identify work with trauma,shame and toxic guilt to support client’s treatment and recovery.

Personal and Professional Development
This module will encourage you to reflect, communicate and share your increased personal awareness, personal growth and self-acceptance through engaging and interacting in process group sessions. You will relate theoretical ideas and concepts to your own personal development; addressing personal development issues which may inhibit the ability to work effectively with clients developing and enhancing your self-reflective capacity.

You will be encouraged to share your increased self-awareness from the reflective process with the group; to communicate, verbalise and share vulnerabilities developing and demonstrating core moral qualities of a counsellor; personal resilience, integrity, humility and courage.